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NanoAvionics Is On the Cusp of Constellation Orders, CEO Buzas Says
One year after being acquired by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, smallsat manufacturer NanoAvionics is on the cusp of signing constellation contracts, CEO Vytenis Buzas told Via Satellite in a recent interview. The company expects to announce serial manufacturing orders in 2024. Negotiations include constellations up to 100 satellites, to be built within three to five…
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E-Space Demonstrates Innovative LEO Space System Capabilities During DoD’s Test Program
E-Space, the company bridging Earth and space to enable hyper-scaled deployments of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services, announced it has completed its U.S. Department of Defense contract with its successful demonstration of innovative space system capabilities to members of the Space Development Agency, a division of the United States Space Force. The demonstration,…
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Rocket Lab Opens Engine Factory Acquired from Virgin Orbit
Rocket Lab officially opened a new engine development center in Long Beach, California, in the facility acquired out of Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy proceedings. The new manufacturing complex is more than 144,000 square feet and will support high-rate production of Rocket Lab’s 3D printed Rutherford engine which powers the Electron rocket, as well development and production…
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Northrop Grumman Ends its Commercial Space Station Plan, Teams With Voyager
Northrop Grumman is no longer pursuing its own commercial space station and instead will be working with Voyager Space on its Starlab project. Voyager and Northrop Grumman announced their new collaboration on Wednesday, and NASA confirmed Northrop is withdrawing from its contract with the agency. Northrop Grumman was awarded $125.6 million in 2021 through NASA’s…
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Integrasys and Network Innovations Form Strategic Partnership
Integrasys is forming a new strategic partnership with Network Innovations. The two companies announced the partnership Oct. 4. The formal relationship specifically features Network Innovations’ Advanced Networks division, which provides end-to-end networking solutions that address the challenges of space and terrestrial networks, including cybersecurity threats. Integrasys’s technologies will be adopted internally by Network Innovations, with…
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Outpost Awarded Phase 2 SBIR Contract from NASA to Advance its Cargo Return System
Outpost Technologies Corporation, a sustainable space company that is spearheading a new wave of development in Earth Return and Reusable Satellites, announced that it has been awarded a Phase 2 Ignite Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from NASA to continue development of the company’s “Cargo Ferry” in order to deliver cargo back to Earth…
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Japan is studying a reusable rocket, but it won’t fly before 2030
Japan debuted the new flagship H3 rocket in March, capping a decade-long, nearly $1.5 billion development effort to replace a launch vehicle that has been in service for more than 20 years. The H3’s upper stage failed to ignite a few minutes after liftoff, causing the rocket and its Earth observation payload to crash into…
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NASA Selects Umbra as a Commercial SAR Data Provider for their CSDA Program
Umbra, one of the leaders in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The CSDA Program will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under a five-year, multiple-award, Indefinite deliveryone Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)…
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Everything you need to know about Amazon’s first Kuiper launch
ULA prepares for Amazon’s first launch On Friday, October 6, ULA is set to launch its second Atlas of the year, this time with a rare commercial launch rather than for the military or NASA. Late last week the two Project Kuiper test satellites were encapsulated into its payload fairing and hoisted up to be…
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Launch Roundup: Project Kuiper Protoflight and Galactic 04 highlight this week
United Launch Alliance (ULA) flew only its second Atlas V of 2023, as Amazon’s subsidiary Kuiper Systems LLC is finally placed its first Kuiper demonstration satellites into orbit. This week also featured a launch from China, three Falcon 9 Starlink launches, a Virgin Galactic suborbital tourist flight, and one of the final flights for the…